Double Maths First Thing is changing the key right back again.
Hello! My name is Colin and I am a mathematician on a mission to spread the joy and love of maths as far and wide as I can.
I’m fresh(ish) from extending my comfort zone by stepping in at short notice to play a full-on two-hour set at my local alcohol-free pub – I hadn’t done a proper solo gig in more than 20 years, and (while there was still a bit of rust) everyone seemed happy enough. And it’s given me a burst of bonus confidence for Monday coming (September 21st), when the Pseudorandom Ensemble play MathsWorld in Southwark. We’ve got a cracking set lined up, and we hope to see you there!
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In “niches I didn’t realise needed filling”, here’s Ayliean reading her first sleepy STEM story (and also it’s raining). You should subscribe to her channel.
Matt Zucker is running a course on fabricating tessellations and tilings, with a syllabus available here. Please do this because I don’t have the time to.
Via the soundest of sound engineers Tom Briggs, a 1579 translation of Euclid’s Elements, one of the English language’s earliest pop-up books.
Ever wanted a circular slide rule, to avoid all of that fiddling about near the 10/1 boundary? Want no longer! There’s an interactive version in case you don’t want to print it out yourself.
Here’s Phil Plait in SciAm talking about the weirdest sky in the galaxy – although I’m a bit disappointed there aren’t pictures (so far as I can see).
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Tuesday coming (September 22nd) is the traditional MathsJam date around the world. That link will also show you where your nearest one is, and – if the nearest one is too far away, how to start your onw.
It’s Bernhard Riemann’s 200th birthday tomorrow, and there’s some sort of tootathon!
Preview performance of The Cambridge First All-Ladies Fire Brigade at the BSF in Southampton on Saturday, September 19th, 6pm. That’ll warm you up nicely for the PRE at MathsWorld two days later.
There’s a TurtleStitch Discovery Day at Warwick University on Tuesday 22nd September from 10am to 3pm UK time, giving you a chance to play with the amazing digital embroidery machines in a relaxed environment. Register here; you can drop in at a time to suit you.
That’s all I’ve got for this week. If you have friends and/or colleagues who would enjoy Double Maths First Thing, do send them the link to sign up – they’ll be very welcome here.
If you’ve missed the previous issues of DMFT or – somehow – this one, you can find the archive courtesy of my dear friends at the Aperiodical.
Meanwhile, if there’s something I should know about, you can find me on Mathstodon as @icecolbeveridge, or at my personal website. You can also just reply to this email if there’s something you want to tell me.
Until next time,
C